Just over four years ago arable farmer Rob Addicotte and his wife Suzanne decided to convert the old dairy on their farm to house the rural homeless. The dairy house now takes up to seven homeless people at one time from nearby Shepton Mallett, Cheddar, Frome, Wells, Glastonbury and Street. The homeless people who are… Read More Somerset Rural Homelessness
People are sleeping rough in parked cars and barns in the countryside because the stigma attached to homelessness in rural areas is “much stronger” than in cities, a new report says. According to a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank, the “hidden crisis” of homeless people in England’s countryside is… Read More Rural Homelessness on the Rise
Our rural homelessness campaign continues with an interview by the charity’s Chair, Dominic Wightman, of a homeless lady who lives day to day and hand to mouth in a tent with her dog. She’s bright, she’s eloquent, she’s brave and really she shouldn’t be homeless in 21st Century Britain; in the sixth richest country on… Read More Rural Homelessness Interview
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